In just a few hours the Senate is scheduled to vote on an amendment that would strip funding for steelhead and salmon restoration projects all over the west—including those on California’s Sacramento, Klamath, Trinity, Smith, Eel, and Ventura Rivers (among others).
Via CalTrout: “That’s why we’re asking you to contact Senator Diane Feinstein right now. Tell her to vote “NO” on the McCain amendment to the Continuing Resolution (the CR will fund the government through Sept. 30).”
Contact Feinstein and urge her to vote against the McCain amendment, which will slash $65 million in much needed funding for salmon and steelhead restoration.
Tell her restoration efforts not only benefit fish, but also lead to the creation of commercial/sport fishery and restoration jobs—jobs we need badly in these tough economic times.
Contact Senator Feinstein at (202) 224-3841
If you can’t call, then email Senator Feinstein
Then contact Senator Barbara Boxer
(202) 224-3553
Email Senator Boxer
Tom Bie is the founder, editor, and publisher of The Drake. He started the magazine in 1998 as an annual newsprint publication based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He then moved it to Steamboat, Colorado (1999), Boulder, Colorado (2001), and San Clemente, California (2004), as he took jobs as managing editor at Paddler, Senior Editor at Skiing, and Editor-in-Chief at Powder, respectively. Tom and The Drake are now both based in Denver, Colorado, where The Drake is finally all grows up(Swingers, 1996) to a quarterly magazine.